The San Francisco Foundation is seeking applications for its AI for Housing Justice Grant Program.
Donor Name: San Francisco Foundation
State: California
County: Alameda County (CA), Contra Costa County (CA), Marin County (CA), Napa County (CA), San Francisco County (CA), San Mateo County (CA), Santa Clara County (CA), Solano County (CA), Sonoma County (CA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/14/2026
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
The SFF is all in on solving the region’s housing crisis. they are working on housing through several different paths. Complementary array of housing-focused programs, grantmaking, investments, and initiatives builds toward large-scale and long-term solutions
Purpose
Inaugural open call seeks projects that leverage AI to address critical technical infrastructure and capacity gaps in the Bay Area housing ecosystem. they particularly interested in approaches that recognize housing as a social issue first and foremost, and are:
- Building systems and tools that enable housing leaders to collaborate, strategize, and transform the Bay Area housing ecosystem,
- Advancing one or more of the 4Ps of housing: tenant protection, affordable housing preservation, affordable housing production, and homelessness prevention, and
- Supporting impacted communities to envision and determine their housing futures
The San Francisco Foundation invites applications from technologists and community organizations with projects at any stage of development, from ideation to pilot to scaling.
Funding Information
- This Fund will award a combined total of up to $800,000. they anticipate funding several projects up to $100,000 over one year and/or up to two projects of up to $400,000 over two years, depending on project stage and transformative potential. The number and size of grants to be awarded will be determined based on the number, size, and scope of the projects proposed.
- Awards will be between 12 and 24 months.
Eligibility Criteria
- Geography: Funding requests must serve residents in one or more of the following nine Bay Area counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Napa, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma.
- Tax-exempt status: Recipients are limited to organizations with a IRS 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status or those which are a fiscally sponsored project of another nonprofit entity. 501(c)(4) organizations and for-profit entities are not eligible in this round of funding.
- Open-source: Projects must make intellectual property supported by grant funds available under CC BY-NC 4.0 International License
Selection Criteria
- Housing & Technology Innovation
- Rooted in Community
- Deep & Accountable Community Partnership
- Increasing community voice in housing policy
- Responsible and Ethical Use of AI and Technology
- Accessibility, Adoption, and Field Utility
For more information, visit SFF.
